The Pakistan Foreign Office has summoned the French ambassador, Marc Baréty, over recent remarks made by French President Emanuel Macron, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Monday
IMF’s Map of a Broken World has one Exception - India’s Growth and Resilience
India's contribution to the improved global growth outlook extends well beyond the immediate AI boom or the performance of energy-exporting economies. The IMF's assessment points instead to a combination of domestic demand, demographics, market expansion and structural reforms as important drivers of India's longer-term prospects.
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Pakistan PM reaffirms support for peace in Afghanistan
A two-day seminar for exploring opportunities to boost investment and trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan began in Islamabad on Monday
'India, Israel, PDM are a triangle': Pakistan government
Information and Broadcasting Minister Senator Shibli Faraz on Sunday strongly condemned the chant of ‘free Balochistan’ in the public meeting of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), saying the anti-government alliance was reflective of the anti-state elements
Sri Lankan parliament closed for two days after COVID-19 case
The Sri Lankan Parliament has been closed for two days to disinfect the complex after a police officer in the premises tested positive for the novel coronavirus
Pompeo to arrive in Sri Lanka on Tuesday
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka on Tuesday on a two-day visit to the island nation
Bangladesh’s COVID-19 cases top 400,000
The government has confirmed 15 new deaths from the COVID-19 illness in the 24 hours to 8 am Monday, raising the toll to 5,818, according to the latest data
The majority of Bangladeshi have returned to Saudi Arabia
Biman Bangladesh Airlines and Saudi Arabian Airlines have ferried over 31,316 stranded Bangladeshi migrant workers to their workplaces in Saudi Arabia in 31 days since September 23
Bhutan must urgently undertake a forest-thinning programme: Dr. Phuntsho Namgyel, forestry scientist
Bhutan, a landlocked country in the eastern Himalayas in South Asia, which has 84 percent forest cover in its land, often gets admiration and accolade for preserving its environment and forest in the best possible way
Incinerators to burn Covid wastes stuck in environment clearance in Bhutan
As the waste from the Covid hospitals and quarantine centers don’t go to normal waste collection sites in Thimphu, it is currently being burnt in the open in Bhutan
World becoming fan of India-made products: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that since India is opting for 'vocal for local', many of the local Indian products have the potential of becoming globally popular and are attracting a lot of attention
Varanasi's glass bead industry attracts global interest
Famous for its Banarasi sarees and wooden toys, the city of Varanasi is now wooing a global clientele with its famous glass beads. Glass beads are among the 12 products from Varanasi included for Geographical Indication (GI) tags
With winter and Covid, be prepared for 'twindemic': Indian experts
In view of the winter season, health experts on Sunday said that they are worried about "twindemic", as it is highly possible that people may contract both influenza and the COVID-19 infection, resulting in devastating consequences
Mizoram village leads way to gender equality with mixed football
Amidst all the debates over gender equality, a remote village of Mizoram, Champhai -- some handshaking distance away from the India-Myanmar border -- is silently taking a firm stride forward towards establishing gender equality through Golden Baby Leagues
Nepal reports five more Covid-19-related fatalities to take the death toll to 847; national tally reaches 158,089
COVID-19es, pushing the national infection tally to 158,089
Pak's first metro train service begins commercial operation in Lahore
Pakistan's first metro train service, the Orange Line, has started its commercial operation in Lahore
